Railway-car



J. F. MUNSIE. RAILWAY GAR.

(No Model.)

No. 550,835. Patented D55. 3, 1895.

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Nirnn STATES VATENT Orricn JAMES F. MUNSIE, OF BROOKLYN, NEV YORK,ASSIGNOR TO THE MUNSIE- COLES ELECTRIC RAILVAY'EQUIPMENT COMPANY, OFNEIV JERSEY.

RAILWAY-CARl SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 550,835,dated December 3, 1895. Application filed April 1, 1891. Serial No.387,291. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES F. MUNSIE, a

British subject, residing at Brooklyn, in the lit appertains to make anduse the same.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inrailway-cars designed especially for use in underground railways.

The main objects of the invention are to provide a car which willreadily accommodate itself to the curvatures of the track and whichmaybe used in tunnels exceeding but slightly the height of the carbody,while at the same time leavin g the car interior unobstructed by thepassage of the axles therethrough.

My invention also contemplates securing the maximum passenger-carryingcapacity with the minimum length of car-body, so that that thestation-platforms may be of correspondingly less length.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a side elevation of acar embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 represents a partial plan viewthereof, and Fig. 3 represents an end elevation.

Similar numerals of reference indicate similar parts throughout theseveral views.

Referring to the drawings, 5 indicates the body portion of a car formingpart of the rolling-stock of an underground railway. The

car-body is provided with a central door 6l for the entrance and exit ofpassengers, the lower edge of said door being on a level with thecar-flooring. Itwill be noted that the cariiooring clears the road-bedbut slightly, and in order to diminish the danger from possible verticaloscillations of the car-body I connect to the under side thereof anumber of friction-rollers 7, for the purpose of protecting the carbodyitself from actual contact with the road-bed should the verticaloscillation be excessive.

From the car-body the stringers 8 are curved upward and connect with theplatforms 9 at front and rear of the car, said platforms constituting apart of the truck-frames- The platforms 9 are connected by a king-bolt10 with the subjacent platforms 11, mounted upon axles, and are providedat their forward ends with the usual coupling draw-bars l2.

The inner axle 13 of each truck and its wheels pass beneath thecorresponding end of the car-body, which is correspondingly cut away, asshown. This, however, does not diminish the seating capacity of the car,but permits seats to be located directly above said axles and wheels atthe car ends, where they will not interfere with the convenience of thepassengers in going in and out, which would be the case if the axles orwheels projected into or through the car-body at some distance fromitsends.

It will be observed that the axles 13 are provided with flangelesswheels 14, running upon the track-rails l5, and that said axles .arelonger than the axles 16, which are provided with the flanged wheels 17and which run upon the track-rails 18. This construction and arrangementis designed to lessen the friction in passing around curves by providing one set only of the wheelswith flanges, while the'other set actssimply as bearers or trailers for the trucks.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is l A railway car,provided with trucks at its` JAMES F. MUNSIE.

IVitnesses:

ROBERT WATT, ORMI D. PERSON.

